Administration and reporting of an annual panel survey designed to measure and signal whether a viable placer industry is being maintained under a new regulatory system for placer mining (11 waves to date).

A strategy framework prepared to inform discussions with governments, organizations, agencies and individuals who share responsibility with the Yukon Government for developing a comprehensive made-in-Yukon response to climate change.

Identification of Yukon green energy infrastructure gaps and priorities and preparation of a background report for use as a reference document in Yukon-wide community consultations based on the findings from a focus group with Yukon Government energy officials,

Development of a panel survey designed to determine whether changes in placer mining industry viability are attributable to a new regulatory regime and to measure the incremental costs of new mine site management practices required by the new regulatory regime.

Calculation of the approximate value of revenues deriving from general-incidence tax bases in the Yukon attributable to the construction and operation of the proposed Alaska Highway Natural Gas Pipeline.

An assessment of the expected interaction between the federal Exploration Investment Tax Credit and a) the Yukon Mineral Exploration Tax Credit and b) the British Columbia Mineral Exploration Tax Credit.

An assessment of current mineral development incentive measures undertaken to inform the design of new measures that provide an optimal level of support to the Yukon mining industry while at the same time delivering value-for-money to the Yukon government.

Design and delivery of a presentation intended to generate discussion of the socio-economic issues relevant to the development of biomass-generated electricity in the Yukon at the December 2011 Yukon Energy Biomass Workshop.

Identification of greenhouse gas emission mitigation measures that could potentially be applied in the Yukon context and a quantification, through use of reasonable ranges, of the volume of greenhouse gas emissions that could possibly be abated and the cost per tonne (CO2e). Prepared to inform Yukon government officials and partners in the development of an Integrated Yukon Strategy on Climate Change, Energy and the Green Economy.

An evidence-based analysis of potential greenhouse gas emission abatement measures for the Yukon’s transportation sector including an interactive spreadsheet model and a technical memo explaining how to use the model.